Mop having a compact head



March 31, 1953 R. E. CHALFANT MOP HAVING A COMPACT HEAD Filed July 1,1949 Inf/cular Patented Mar. 31, 195.3

' `UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y f J 2,632,905

MOP HAVING A COMPACT HEAD Raymond E. ChalfanafBineBluyArk.

Application July 1, 1949, Serial No. 102,646

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in mops, and the principal object of the invention is toprovide .a mop of the character herein described, which is extremelysimple in construction, durable, convenient to manufacture and toassemble, and economical to produce in large or small quantities.

In particular, the invention concerns itself with the provision of meansfor attaching the mop head to the mop handle, while another feature ofthe invention resides in the construction of the mop head per se.

With the above more important objects and features in view, and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is an elevational View of the invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional detail, taken substantially in the planeof the line 2-2 in Figure l;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional detail, taken substantially in the planeof the line 3--3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view of a head support used in the invention; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the head support inposition on the mop handle.

Like characters of reference are used to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of a mop designated generally by the reference character I0,the same embodying in its construction a mop handle I2 having an endportion provided at diametrically opposite sides thereof with transversekeeper notches I4.

A mop head support designated generally by the reference character I6consists of an elongated, endless band I8, preferably formed from wireand providing a pair of closely spaced side members 20 which are joinedat the ends thereof by arcuate connecting portions 22, this band beingpositionable transversely on the handle I2 by spreading apartintermediate portions of the side members 20 and pressing them into thenotches I4 so that they constitute a pair of keeper elements 24, wherebythe entire head support I6 may be mounted on the handle I2, as shown inFigure 5.

The mop head 26 simply consists of a set of flexible elements such asthe cords 28, and when the invention is being assembled, end portions ofthese elements are passed inwardly over the side members`20 and thesupport I6 is applied to the handle I2 as already described, after whichthe portions 24 are pressed into the notches I4. The end portions 30 ofthe cords 28 are frictionally clamped between the side members 2li, andcords are, of course, also provided between the elements 24 of the sidemembers 20 and the handle,

in which instance the free end portions of the cords are clamped in thenotches I4 as indicated at 32 in Figure 2.

Additional means are provided for firmly retaining the mop head elements23 on the support I6, these last-mentioned means involving the provisionof an elongated cap 34 which is attached to the handle I2 by suitablescrews or nails 3B and frictionally engages portions of the elements 28which are disposed between the side members I8 and the cap 34, as willbe clearly apparent. Needless to say, in addition to its primary purposeof assisting to retain the mop head elements 28 on the support I6, thecap or cover 34 also serves to conceal the support and therebysubstantially improves the appearance of the mop as a whole.

It is to be noted that although the invention is primarily intended topertain to the construction of mops, the teachings of the invention mayalso be applied to the construction of brooms etc., in which instancebroom corn is, of course, substituted for the mop head cords, as will beclearly apparent.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will bereadily understood from the foregoing disclosure and, accordingly,further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a mop, the combination of a head support comprising a flat elongatedendless band providing a pair of closely spaced side members, a headmounted on said support and consisting of a set of flexible elementsextending upwardly and inwardly over said side members and having freeend portions thereof frictionally retained between REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are of record in the 15 file of this patent:

Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Dobson Feb. 27, 1872 Beebe etal Oct. 13, 1914 Hamilton Mar. 9, 1920 Toplitz Mar. 7, 1922 Guy Mar. 17,1925 Weiss Aug. 11, 1925 Hemple Dec. 28, 1926 Johnson Feb. 17, 1931Gregory Oct. 30, 1934 Jeung Dec. 29, 1942

